Chapter Thirty-Eight: New Fighter Plane

  "Yes, thank you for your cultivation, I guarantee to complete the task." Upon hearing that Wang Jingguo actually delegated power to himself, letting him handle all military affairs, the chief of staff was excited and replied loudly.

  "Alright, you can go now..." Wang Jingguo nodded in satisfaction and closed his eyes, trying to make sense of the series of events that had occurred around him over the past few days.

  "Yes, sir..." The Chief of Staff replied excitedly and walked out of the command center with satisfaction.

  Under the order of the Chief of Staff, more than 100 scouts from the division's reconnaissance company were dispatched to investigate all situations of the Communist army around Pu County. He himself stayed at the garrison of the First Regiment and reorganized the 500 wounded soldiers brought back by Regimental Commander Li Qian. However, during the reorganization process, he did not forget to plant his own confidants in this newly formed regiment and slowly cultivate his own power.

  Li Qian, who had just lost the battle, was exceptionally clear in his mind, but he couldn't say anything. Moreover, it was only thanks to the Chief of Staff that his own life had been saved at the headquarters just now. So, regarding the Chief of Staff's placement of his confidants in Li Qian's own regiment, Regimental Commander Li Qian turned a blind eye, pretending he hadn't seen anything.

  The Jin Sui army's inaction was just enough to give the special forces sufficient time to train. It was less than a day after the summary meeting that afternoon. Under the joint efforts of Instructor Xu Bin, Deputy Instructor Huang Zhengqing, and some cadres of the Special Forces who were good at political work, among the more than 600 captured Jin Sui army soldiers, nearly 100 poor Jin Sui army soldiers were willing to join the Red Army after listening to the instructor's education and Zhang Hua's method of complaining. This result was beyond Zhang Hua's expectations.

  But anyway, with the new recruits, our unit's roster is finally complete. More importantly, over 100 new recruits who were willing to join the Red Army, after filling up the unit's roster, still had more than thirty people left. Of course, these thirty-odd people were formed into a brand-new recruit platoon by Zhang Hua and handed over to Deputy Instructor Huang Zhengqing for training, ready to be used as supplementary troops at any time.

  "Report to the company commander, instructor, and guard squad that they have captured a scout from the Shanxi Army. He is currently being held at the entrance of the command center." Just as Company Commander Zhang Hua was about to go out to inspect the training results of each platoon, Communications Officer Wang Dog Egg rushed in to report.

  "You're referring to the Shanxi Army scout. Haha, Old Xu, it seems that this Wang Jingguo is starting to get dishonest... Go bring him in for me, I must thoroughly interrogate this scout today and extract some useful intelligence from his mouth." Upon hearing the communication officer's words, Zhang Hua sat back down in his own position and smiled as he spoke to Instructor Xu Bin beside him.

  "Old Zhang, I agree with your opinion, but don't get out of hand, we must pay attention to the discipline of our Red Army in treating captives." Instructor Xu Bin hastily reminded, seeing Zhang Hua's smiling mouth.

  "Lao Xue, don't worry. For now, we can dig up more information. You must cooperate with me and adapt to the situation, absolutely do not reveal our tracks." Zhang Hua nodded and reminded him.

  "Go, be honest with me, go in..." At this time, two soldiers from the guard class, escorting a Shanxi soldier with his hands tightly bound behind him, walked into the command center.

  "Give me your name, position, and what you're doing here. If there's anything hidden, the bullets in my hand aren't blind." Seeing the extremely defiant captive in front of him, Zhang Hua knew at a glance that he was a tough nut to crack, so he swept his gaze over the captives and bellowed loudly.

  "Li Youfu, a scout platoon leader, as for what he did, these are all military secrets of our army and cannot be disclosed." As he spoke, the captive raised his head.

  "Haha, military secret, can't be told. Alright, then take it to the underground and tell King Yan. Come on, take him out and execute him..." Liu Hua burst into laughter after hearing the captive's words and gave a loud order.

  "But, Comrade Lianzhang, we treat prisoners of war with kindness... Instructor, what do you think?" The two old Red Army men hesitated and asked, not knowing whether to carry out the order, both looking at their instructor Xu Bin beside them.

  "Haha, shoot me? You must be joking! I know the Red Army's discipline. Hehe, I'll tell you something today, I won't say anything at all, let's see what you can do to me?" Upon hearing Zhang Hua's order, this captive named Li Youfu was initially still very fearful, wondering whether he should reveal his mission. But when he heard the words of the Red Army soldier behind him, he immediately put down the heart he had lifted up and burst out laughing loudly.

  "Is that so? You think I really don't dare to kill you, haha, then you're wrong. Immediately execute the order, take it out and shoot it." Liu Hua gave a loud command after hearing the prisoner's answer.

  "Do as Comrade Zhanghua says, take him out and execute him by firing squad in front of all the prisoners. If he tries to escape, we'll catch him again and according to our Red Army regulations, he must be executed." Instructor Xu Bin hastily said, seeing the repeated eye signals from Company Commander Zhang Hua.

  "Yes, company commander, instructor..." Seeing the instructor also spoke up, plus the two soldiers originally had a very bad feeling about this captive. The two men didn't say another word and took the captive away.

  "Ah, you really want to shoot me... Red Army officer, spare my life, ask me anything and I'll say it, please don't shoot me, I have an 80-year-old mother at home, and below me..." Seeing the two Red Army soldiers behind him really lifting their guns and walking out. The captive who was just full of confidence immediately wilted. He loudly begged for mercy from Zhang Hua and Instructor Xu Bin.

  "Haha, now you're scared. Old Xu, didn't we capture several Shanxi-Shandong-Henan coalition army scouts? Let each of them make a confession separately. If anyone's confession is wrong or intentionally conceals something, shoot them on the spot. Anyway, we're currently short of food and don't need to waste it on these enemies." Seeing the enemy soften up so quickly, Zhang Hua smiled and said to the instructor beside him.

  "Yes, Lieutenant Colonel. You two take it down and get a statement out of him. Once the other statements come out, we'll compare them." Upon hearing Zhang Hua's order, Instructor Xu Bin's eyes lit up. He immediately understood his partner's sinister intentions and loudly commanded.

  "Yes, instructor..." The two soldiers responded loudly and dragged the captive out of the command center.

  "Old Zhang, I'm really impressed with you. Not only are you good at fighting, but also at scaring people. Just now, that prisoner was scared to the point of almost peeing his pants with just two sentences from you. I'm truly impressed with you." Instructor Xu Bin said with a smile as he watched the prisoner being led away by the guards.

  "Haha, these are all small matters. You should know that these enemies, although they appear to be high and mighty in front of the common people, if they were really made to die, haha, I estimate not a single one wouldn't be afraid. So, when dealing with such enemies, we must use what they fear most to intimidate them. Just wait and see, this captive will definitely reveal many things that interest us." Zhang Hua said with a smile after hearing the instructor's words.

  "Company Commander, Instructor, this stubborn guy has really confessed. You don't know, just now when you scared him, he was like a bamboo tube spilling beans, telling everything he knew." As expected, in less than a few minutes, Wu Tao, the squad leader of the guard company, ran into the command center with a happy face.

  "Haha, Old Xu, see what I said? This enemy is just trying to scare us. If we don't give him a good scare, he won't know the ferocity of our Red Army. Sergeant Wu, tell me, what useful information did this rascal confess?" Liu Hua said with a smile.

  "Company Commander, this kid has recruited a lot. Hehe, yesterday, after we defeated an enemy regiment. In the end, the regimental commander only brought back less than 500 wounded soldiers, and most of them were empty-handed when they retreated. I heard that their division commander Wang Jingguo almost executed the regimental commander... Today, their division chief of staff is reorganizing the regiment that was defeated yesterday, but now this regiment is just an empty shell." Wu Tao's first words immediately caught the attention of Zhang Hua and Instructor Xu Bin.

  "Haha, it seems our estimate was not bad, this group has been eliminated by us at least two-thirds. It can be said that this group has lost its combat effectiveness, no matter how they reorganize. Without several weeks of time, it is impossible to recover their combat effectiveness. But he won't make it till that day." Zhang Hua said with a smile after hearing Wu Tao's words.

  "Yes, I think so too. Monitor Wu, is there anything else important..." After hearing Captain Zhang Hua's words, Instructor Xu Bin nodded and continued to ask.

  "Company commander, instructor, the rest is his task. Wang Jingguo has dispatched all of his reconnaissance company to figure out our every move. As soon as they detect any movement from our army, they immediately report back. In addition, he also entrusted another matter, but he said it was just hearsay." Wu Tao continued.

  "Hmm, they came out to scout our army's every move, this we can all expect. You continue speaking." Instructor Xu Bin continued to ask.

  "When he confessed, he mentioned a piece of information that I think is very important, so I had him elaborate on it. The report said that yesterday when he passed by the division chief of staff's side, the chief of staff was drinking with two regimental commanders. Then they heard some content useful to us. Wang Jingguo, in order to reoccupy the county seat, took the advice of the chief of staff and decided to wait a few days until our army withdraws, then occupy Puzhou without losing a single soldier, they no longer plan to launch a strong attack on the county seat." Wu Tao said.

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